I don't post that often---but I do monitor what is being said on this forum and by whom. [View all]

[Atticus]

Lately, it seems that most of what I would refer to as "extreme" or radical comments are coming from newbies: those with either a few hundred posts or a couple of thousand posts in the last couple of months.

I am not saying newbies shouldn't speak freely. It's just that, even if a poster is totally legit---i.e., not a troll---to come onto this board and say EITHER that "I will stay home in 2014 if Obama touches Medicare!" or "We just have to support our president no matter what he proposes" is presumptuous.

We don't know you yet. Even if you are not a troll, many of us will wonder about your legitimacy if you've just arrived and seem to want to steamroll a thread in which people we do know have posted what we consider good-faith---even if flawed---arguments.

Ease into DU, is all I'm saying.